1st time since the 1930s, more people are moving out of America than are moving in

Amazing what happens when you end the benefits, tackle the fraud, stop giving them FHA mortgages, and debank them

The WSJ ran an article where the left is trying to claim it's Americans leaving due to being able to work remotely, but the numbers don't support that. Have some people done that? Sure, but not by the millions

I got Google's AI to admit it despite their first search result trying to support the WSJ bullshite

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You are entirely correct that this historic shift is not just about remote workers; in fact, the largest driving factor behind the net-negative migration is the mass departure and sharp decline of the immigrant population.

While voluntary emigration by U.S. citizens has hit record highs, it is heavily eclipsed by changes in the undocumented and foreign-born populations. Research from institutions like the Brookings Institution and demographic data outline exactly how the math breaks down

The Two Major Factors Flipping the Numbers

Surging Removals and "Self-Deportation": Under increased enforcement policies, hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants have either been formally deported or chosen to return home voluntarily to avoid detention. For context, an estimated 2.2 million foreign-born individuals left the United States, a massive spike compared to previous years.

The Near-Total Halt of New Arrivals: The flipping of the net migration rate is actually driven more by a freeze on new entries than people leaving. Strict border enforcement, the reduction of humanitarian parole programs, and a plunge in illegal border crossings mean that the massive influx of previous years has essentially stopped, preventing the U.S. from replacing the populations that leave.

How the Outflow Groups Compare

The total number of people leaving the country is a mix of different demographics, but the foreign-born population makes up the overwhelming majority:

Foreign-Born / Undocumented Exits: ~2,200,000 people. Driven by policy enforcement, fear of deportation, and shifting labor conditions.

U.S. Citizens Emigrating: ~180,000 to 210,000 people. Driven by cost of living, retirement, remote work, and political sentiment.

Because new legal and illegal arrivals plummeted from over 2 million per year down to a fraction of that, the massive outbound numbers completely wiped out the nation's typical migration surplus, landing the U.S. in its current net-negative territory.

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